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Madagascar

Q: Where can you see Madagascar?

Across several parks. No single park in our data has all 6, so it takes more than one trip. Where each is easiest: lion in Ruaha National Park (about 80%), zebra in Akagera National Park (about 80%), giraffe in Meru National Park (about 80%), hippo in Akagera National Park (about 80%), lemur in Ankarafantsika National Park (about 90%) and fossa in Mantadia National Park (about 20%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report it on a given day.

Q: How do you complete Madagascar on Wallace's Line?

Mark them as seen. Tick ✓ Seen on each animal's card, add your trips, or link your iNaturalist account. Your passport counts Madagascar three ways: anywhere in the world, all in one park, and all in a single trip.

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The checklist: 6 animals

Panthera leo

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

Equus quagga

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

Giraffa reticulata

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

Hippopotamus amphibius

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

CR Endemic

Propithecus coquereli

Daily sighting probability ~90% · Very likely

Cryptoprocta ferox

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Where to go

Chance of seeing in

Month by month at Akagera National Park

>90%

Jan

>90%

Feb

>90%

Mar

>90%

Apr

>90%

May

>90%

Jun

>90%

Jul

>90%

Aug

~90%

Sep

>90%

Oct

>90%

Nov

>90%

Dec

Time of day

Where they are recorded most Parks with some of them Cities with some of them

Parks

#	Park	Country	Animals	Any of them in 3 days
1	Lower Zambezi National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	3 of 6	>90%
	Lion			~90%
	Plains Zebra			~70%
	Common Hippopotamus			~90%
2	Mana Pools National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	3 of 6	>90%
	Lion			~90%
	Plains Zebra			~70%
	Common Hippopotamus			>90%
3	Murchison Falls National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	3 of 6	>90%
	Lion			~90%
	Northern Giraffe			>90%
	Common Hippopotamus			>90%
4	Queen Elizabeth National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	2 of 6	>90%
	Lion			~90%
	Common Hippopotamus			>90%
5	Ruaha National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	4 of 6	>90%
	Lion			>90%
	Plains Zebra			~80%
	East African Giraffe			>90%
	Common Hippopotamus			~80%
6	Serengeti National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	4 of 6	>90%
	Lion			>90%
	Plains Zebra			~90%
	East African Giraffe			>90%
	Common Hippopotamus			>90%
7	South Luangwa National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	4 of 6	>90%
	Lion			>90%
	Plains Zebra			>90%
	East African Giraffe			>90%
	Common Hippopotamus			>90%
8	Tarangire National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	4 of 6	>90%
	Lion			~90%
	Plains Zebra			>90%
	East African Giraffe			>90%
	Common Hippopotamus			~40%
9	Tsavo East National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	4 of 6	>90%
	Lion			>90%
	Plains Zebra			>90%
	East African Giraffe			>90%
	Common Hippopotamus			~90%
10	Akagera National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	4 of 6	>90%
	Lion			~90%
	Plains Zebra			>90%
	East African Giraffe			>90%
	Common Hippopotamus			>90%
11	Hwange National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	4 of 6	>90%
	Lion			~90%
	Plains Zebra			~90%
	Southern Giraffe			~90%
	Common Hippopotamus			~80%
12	iSimangaliso Wetland Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	4 of 6	>90%
	Lion			~30%
	Plains Zebra			~80%
	Southern Giraffe			~60%
	Common Hippopotamus			~90%
13	Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	4 of 6	>90%
	Lion			~80%
	Plains Zebra			~90%
	Southern Giraffe			~90%
	Common Hippopotamus			~40%
14	Ngorongoro Conservation Area	🇹🇿 Tanzania	4 of 6	>90%
	Lion			>90%
	Plains Zebra			>90%
	East African Giraffe			~90%
	Common Hippopotamus			~90%
15	Kruger National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	4 of 6	>90%
	Lion			~90%
	Plains Zebra			~90%
	Southern Giraffe			~90%
	Common Hippopotamus			~90%
16	Addo Elephant National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	4 of 6	>90%
	Lion			~70%
	Plains Zebra			~90%
	Southern Giraffe			~30%
	Common Hippopotamus			~20%
17	Pilanesberg National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	4 of 6	>90%
	Lion			~80%
	Plains Zebra			~90%
	Southern Giraffe			>90%
	Common Hippopotamus			~90%
18	Etosha National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	3 of 6	>90%
	Lion			>90%
	Plains Zebra			>90%
	Southern Giraffe			>90%
19	Chobe National Park	🇧🇼 Botswana	4 of 6	>90%
	Lion			>90%
	Plains Zebra			~70%
	Southern Giraffe			~90%
	Common Hippopotamus			~90%
20	Moremi Game Reserve	🇧🇼 Botswana	4 of 6	>90%
	Lion			>90%
	Plains Zebra			~90%
	Southern Giraffe			>90%
	Common Hippopotamus			~90%
21	Masai Mara National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	4 of 6	>90%
	Lion			>90%
	Plains Zebra			~90%
	East African Giraffe			>90%
	Common Hippopotamus			~90%
22	Nairobi National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	4 of 6	>90%
	Lion			~90%
	Plains Zebra			~80%
	East African Giraffe			~90%
	Common Hippopotamus			~70%
23	Amboseli National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	4 of 6	>90%
	Lion			~90%
	Plains Zebra			~90%
	East African Giraffe			~90%
	Common Hippopotamus			~90%
24	Lake Nakuru National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	4 of 6	>90%
	Lion			~80%
	Plains Zebra			~90%
	Northern Giraffe			>90%
	Common Hippopotamus			~90%
25	Samburu National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	4 of 6	>90%
	Lion			~80%
	Grévy's Zebra			~90%
	Reticulated Giraffe			~90%
	Common Hippopotamus			~40%
26	Liwonde National Park	🇲🇼 Malawi	3 of 6	>90%
	Lion			~90%
	Plains Zebra			~80%
	Common Hippopotamus			~90%
27	Meru National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	4 of 6	>90%
	Lion			~90%
	Plains Zebra			>90%
	Reticulated Giraffe			>90%
	Common Hippopotamus			~90%
28	Kafue National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	3 of 6	>90%
	Lion			~90%
	Plains Zebra			~70%
	Common Hippopotamus			>90%
29	Tsavo West National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	4 of 6	>90%
	Lion			~80%
	Plains Zebra			>90%
	East African Giraffe			>90%
	Common Hippopotamus			~90%
30	Mikumi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	4 of 6	>90%
	Lion			>90%
	Plains Zebra			>90%
	East African Giraffe			>90%
	Common Hippopotamus			~70%
31	Gonarezhou National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	4 of 6	>90%
	Lion			~70%
	Plains Zebra			~70%
	Southern Giraffe			~80%
	Common Hippopotamus			~70%
32	Gir National Park	🇮🇳 India	1 of 6	>90%
	Lion			>90%
33	uMkhuze Game Reserve	🇿🇦 South Africa	4 of 6	>90%
	Lion			~80%
	Plains Zebra			>90%
	Southern Giraffe			>90%
	Common Hippopotamus			~80%
34	Mkomazi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	2 of 6	>90%
	Plains Zebra			~70%
	East African Giraffe			>90%
35	Kidepo Valley National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	2 of 6	>90%
	Plains Zebra			>90%
	Northern Giraffe			>90%
36	Arusha National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	3 of 6	>90%
	Plains Zebra			~90%
	East African Giraffe			>90%
	Common Hippopotamus			~30%
37	Lake Mburo National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	3 of 6	>90%
	Plains Zebra			>90%
	Northern Giraffe			~90%
	Common Hippopotamus			~90%
38	Selous Game Reserve	🇹🇿 Tanzania	3 of 6	>90%
	Plains Zebra			~90%
	East African Giraffe			~90%
	Common Hippopotamus			~90%
39	Ankarafantsika National Park	🇲🇬 Madagascar	1 of 6	>90%
	Coquerel's Sifaka			>90%
40	Mantadia National Park	🇲🇬 Madagascar	2 of 6	>90%
	Indri			>90%
	Fossa			~60%
41	Niokolo-Koba National Park	🇸🇳 Senegal	2 of 6	>90%
	Lion			~70%
	Common Hippopotamus			~90%
42	Ranomafana National Park	🇲🇬 Madagascar	1 of 6	>90%
	Golden Bamboo Lemur			>90%
43	Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	2 of 6	>90%
	Lion			~90%
	Southern Giraffe			~80%
44	Lake Manyara National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	4 of 6	>90%
	Lion			~50%
	Plains Zebra			~60%
	East African Giraffe			~70%
	Common Hippopotamus			~50%
45	De Hoop Nature Reserve	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 6	>90%
	Mountain Zebra			>90%
46	Gorongosa National Park	🇲🇿 Mozambique	2 of 6	>90%
	Lion			~90%
	Common Hippopotamus			~70%
47	Waterberg Plateau Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	1 of 6	>90%
	Southern Giraffe			>90%
48	West Coast National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	2 of 6	~90%
	Mountain Zebra			~90%
	Southern Giraffe			~60%
49	Golden Gate Highlands National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 6	~90%
	Plains Zebra			~90%
50	Virunga National Park	🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo	2 of 6	~80%
	Lion			~70%
	Common Hippopotamus			~20%
51	Namib-Naukluft National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	2 of 6	~60%
	Plains Zebra			~30%
	Southern Giraffe			~40%
52	Aberdare National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	1 of 6	~60%
	Reticulated Giraffe			~60%
53	Odzala-Kokoua National Park	🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo	1 of 6	~40%
	Common Hippopotamus			~40%
54	Table Mountain National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 6	~30%
	Mountain Zebra			~30%
55	Garden Route National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 6	~20%
	Plains Zebra			~20%

Cities

#	City	Country	Animals	Any of them in 3 days
1	Pretoria	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 6	~60%
	Plains Zebra			~60%
2	Harare	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	1 of 6	~50%
	Southern Giraffe			~50%
3	Cape Town	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 6	~30%
	Common Hippopotamus			~30%
4	Durban	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 6	~30%
	Plains Zebra			~30%

Zoos & centres

#	Zoo / Centre	Country
1	San Diego Zoo	🇺🇸 United States	6 of 6 in captivity
2	Pairi Daiza	🇧🇪 Belgium	6 of 6 in captivity
3	Valencia Bioparc	🇪🇸 Spain	6 of 6 in captivity
4	ZooParc de Beauval	🇫🇷 France	5 of 6 in captivity
5	Copenhagen Zoo	🇩🇰 Denmark	5 of 6 in captivity
6	Ostrava Zoo	🇨🇿 Czechia	5 of 6 in captivity
7	Paris Zoological Park	🇫🇷 France	5 of 6 in captivity
8	Zoobotánico Jerez	🇪🇸 Spain	5 of 6 in captivity
9	Africam Safari	🇲🇽 Mexico	5 of 6 in captivity
10	Aquamundo	🇨🇱 Chile	5 of 6 in captivity
11	Calgary Zoo	🇨🇦 Canada	5 of 6 in captivity
12	Centro de Recuperación de Rapaces Brinzal	🇪🇸 Spain	5 of 6 in captivity
13	El Paso Zoo	🇺🇸 United States	5 of 6 in captivity
14	Granby Zoo	🇨🇦 Canada	5 of 6 in captivity
15	Houston Zoo	🇺🇸 United States	5 of 6 in captivity
16	Johor Zoo	🇲🇾 Malaysia	5 of 6 in captivity
17	Kung Fu Corals	🇺🇸 United States	5 of 6 in captivity
18	Leofoo Village Theme Park	🇹🇼 Taiwan	5 of 6 in captivity
19	Memphis Zoo	🇺🇸 United States	5 of 6 in captivity
20	National Zoo of Malaysia	🇲🇾 Malaysia	5 of 6 in captivity

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Where each one is easiest to see

Animal	Park	Country	In 1 day
Lion	Ruaha National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	~80%
Zebra	Akagera National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	~80%
Giraffe	Meru National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	~80%
Hippo	Akagera National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	~80%
Lemur	Ankarafantsika National Park	🇲🇬 Madagascar	~90%
Fossa	Mantadia National Park	🇲🇬 Madagascar	~20%

Before you go

Where can you see Madagascar?

Across several parks

No single park in our data has all 6, so it takes more than one trip. Where each is easiest: lion in Ruaha National Park (about 80%), zebra in Akagera National Park (about 80%), giraffe in Meru National Park (about 80%), hippo in Akagera National Park (about 80%), lemur in Ankarafantsika National Park (about 90%) and fossa in Mantadia National Park (about 20%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report it on a given day.

How do you complete Madagascar on Wallace's Line?

Mark them as seen

Tick ✓ Seen on each animal's card, add your trips, or link your iNaturalist account. Your passport counts Madagascar three ways: anywhere in the world, all in one park, and all in a single trip.

← All challenges

Madagascar

The checklist: 6 animals

Lion

Plains Zebra

Reticulated Giraffe

Common Hippopotamus

Coquerel's Sifaka

Fossa

Where to go

Month by month

Month by month

Month by month

Month by month at Akagera National Park

Month by month at Akagera National Park

Month by month at South Luangwa National Park

Time of day

Parks

Cities

Zoos & centres

Where each one is easiest to see

Before you go

Where can you see Madagascar?

How do you complete Madagascar on Wallace's Line?